Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Elitas by Kiera Cass

11 reviews

helenafaustina's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.25

America Singer is insufferable. She just follows emotions without thinking. That's literally the whole book. So read this if you want a girl flip-flopping around about what she feels.

I was holding out hope for Maxon, but he disappointed me so much. Boo. Marlee disappointed me too. She did wrong, even if her sentence was harsh. Aspen is still a jerk.

The only character I like at this point is the queen and we probably only got one paragraph of her. The maids are still really nice, too.

Also, what is going on with palace security??? They can afford so much luxury, yet they apparently can't find a way to keep someone from breaking into the palace every two seconds. Not to mention we have the world's best detective team here who clearly is figuring out what the rebels want. (Spoiler, THEY STINK AT DETECTIVE WORK.)

I usually try to find nice things to say about books I have negative reviews about but I can't for this. It's false romance, predictable, annoying and uninspiring. And I hate that I need to know what happens to these characters. 😂 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Classism, Blood, Child abuse, Gore, and Infidelity

Moderate: Grief, Bullying, Cursing, Sexual content, Death, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Miscarriage, and War

The Lord's name is taken in vain a couple times. Minor swear words are used.

isabelleroyall's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, War, Death, Grief, Toxic relationship, Murder, Classism, Bullying, and Blood

Minor: Sexism, Medical content, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Body shaming, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

mrsalexisrjones's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Book two is down to the six girls on this royal dystopian bachelor show. But does America even want the prince? Does she want the crown?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Torture, Violence, Death, Gore, War, Blood, Classism, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage and Rape

siglerbooknook's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This was a reread for me that I remember really loving as a teenager.
I can definitely see why I liked this so much. It is funny and cute and light-hearted. As an adult some of the plot points for the lead characters a bit trivial, but the book isn't aimed at adults, so that doesn't effect the star rating.

While I enjoy a lot of the banter and adore the side characters immensely, I often found the reasons behind decisions, America's temper, and the miscommunication forced. She makes so many rediculous assumptions and often acts out. But I guess I was just as impulsive at 17. 

I still find this story incredibly cute and one I look forward to keeping in my collection and sharing with friends in the future.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Bullying, Classism, Domestic abuse, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Gun violence, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Infertility, Grief, and Body shaming

kaadee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This book definitely has “middle book syndrome”. It was enjoyable but not as good as the first. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Minor: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Murder, Violence, and War

braelynm_22's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This book was a bit slow to start. I definitely was just waiting for something to happen and nothing really did until about half way through. "The Elite" was WAY more emotional than "The Selection". 
Maxon is becoming much better with crying girls tho lol

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Classism, Grief, Miscarriage, Murder, and War

Many of the things that are triggering are only briefly mentioned or talked about, but not in depth.

mellysay's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

!!!DISCLAIMER!!! Look no hate at all, this is just my personal opinions. This is not a bash against the author or anything this book wasn’t my cup of tea. And I read it in Swedish - the translation is not good at all - which may have contributed to what I think of it. 

This book… The first book of the selection series was pretty decent. It was easy to read and I didn’t have to focus so much. 
This book is way worse in every possible way. It feels like I could’ve written this book when I was ten, I mean the Swedish translation was not iiiittt. 

Here’s some things I wrote down while reading: 
- Is she mentally ill? 
- HOW CAN SHE STILL BE W ASPEN I HATE ASPEN
- why tf is she so stuck up in her attitude 
- I hate Maxon, stupid and ugly name 
- Is she dumb in her whole head 
- SHE IS AN ANTI HERO STUPID BITCH WHY DID IT TAKE HER SO LONG TO REALIZE THAT THE SELECTION IS WRONG AND THAT THE CAST SYSTEM IS BAD AND DUMB???? 
- aspen go to bed I don’t want you here 
- SHE IS FUCKING CHEATING ON MAXON W ASPEN AND WHEN MAXON DOES SOMETHING W OTHER GIRLS SHE CANT FORGIVE HIM AND WONT TALK TO HIM??
- I feel so bad for Maxon   

In conclusion it was a pretty bad book that just kept getting worse BUT I’m still going to read the whole series because I want to watch it when it comes out on Netflix. That’s the only thing that’s keeping me hooked. 
The characters wasn’t likable at AAALLLLL💀💀 It is not a single person I like in this fucking book I despise everyone and everything. And 

what was it with the king in the end? That felt so forced. And also whyyy did it take so long for America to notice that everything was wrong. I thought she would realize something sooner. 

Maybe I’m too old for this book, maybe it’s  meant for younger kids. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and War

caitlink's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War

Minor: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Sexual content, Grief, and Death

lucys_library's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

fremzz's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death

Minor: Grief